(Bush's comment was very smart...and it would have been even smarter if he had also insulted the manhood of these bastards at the same time...that was a brillant military tactic during the war...worked like a charm)

from BBC:

US troops kill Iraqi 'attackers'

US troops have killed 11 Iraqis who ambushed their convoy north of Baghdad, a US military spokesman has said.

The Iraqis attacked the convoy near the town of Balad using rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire, the spokesman said.

Only a few hours earlier, 18 US soldiers were injured when mortar bombs were fired at one of the largest US military bases in Iraq, also near Balad.

The US is engaged in a big military operation in the area to root out supporters of ousted President Saddam Hussein, who have been staging increasingly bold attacks on American forces.

On Thursday night, a sniper shot dead a US soldier guarding the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad.

No US troops were injured in the attempted ambush, the US military said.

All of the Iraqi attackers were killed, a statement said.